linux-kernel - [PATCH] ext4: Return EIO on read error in ext4_find

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 16:23:07 -0700
From:   Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@...gle.com>
To:     tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: Return EIO on read error in ext4_find_entry

Previously, a read error would be ignored and we would eventually return
NULL from ext4_find_entry, which signals "no such file or directory". We
should be returning EIO.

Signed-off-by: Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@...gle.com>
---
 fs/ext4/namei.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 404256caf9cf..6fa17e9f7b6d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1428,11 +1428,11 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
 			goto next;
 		wait_on_buffer(bh);
 		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-			/* read error, skip block & hope for the best */
 			EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir, "reading directory lblock %lu",
 					 (unsigned long) block);
 			brelse(bh);
-			goto next;
+			ret = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
+			goto cleanup_and_exit;
 		}
 		if (!buffer_verified(bh) &&
 		    !is_dx_internal_node(dir, block,
-- 
2.13.1.611.g7e3b11ae1-goog


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